NFL Makes Wholesale Moves For Week 17 Including Rams-Seahawks To Primetime

Yup, the NFC West play-in game featuring two teams with losing records between St. Louis and Seattle is moved to the primetime slot on NBC. In addition, a slew of 1 p.m. games have been moved to 4:15 p.m. including Giants at Washington and Tennessee at Indianapolis, both of which are also play-in games for playoff spots. Overall, we have 7 late games as both CBS and Fox will have doubleheaders. We have the official schedule right here.

WEEK 17 FLEX SCHEDULING:
RAMS-SEAHAWKS TO BE NBC SUNDAY NIGHT GAME ON JAN. 2; JAGUARS-TEXANS & TITANS-COLTS MOVE TO 4:15 PM ET ON CBS; BEARS-PACKERS; COWBOYS EAGLES & GIANTS-REDSKINS TO 4:15 PM ET ON FOX
The Week 17 St. Louis at Seattle game on Sunday, January 2 will be played at 8:20 PM ET on NBC, the Jacksonville at Houston and Tennessee at Indianapolis games will move to 4:15 PM ET on CBS and the Chicago at Green Bay, Dallas at Philadelphia and New York Giants at Washington games will move to 4:15 PM ET on FOX, the NFL announced today. 
Following is the final Week 17 NFL schedule (asterisk and bold/italics represents changed game time):        
SUNDAY, JANUARY 2 (WEEK 17)
          
CAROLINA AT ATLANTA
1:00 PM (ET)
FOX
CINCINNATI AT BALTIMORE
1:00 PM (ET)
CBS
PITTSBURGH AT CLEVELAND
1:00 PM (ET)
CBS
MINNESOTA AT DETROIT
1:00 PM (ET)
FOX
OAKLAND AT KANSAS CITY
1:00 PM (ET)
CBS
MIAMI AT NEW ENGLAND
1:00 PM (ET)
CBS
TAMPA BAY AT NEW ORLEANS
1:00 PM (ET)
FOX
BUFFALO AT N.Y. JETS
1:00 PM (ET)
CBS
SAN DIEGO AT DENVER
4:15 PM (ET)
CBS
CHICAGO AT GREEN BAY*
4:15 PM (ET)
FOX
JACKSONVILLE AT HOUSTON*
4:15 PM (ET)
CBS
TENNESSEE AT INDIANAPOLIS*
4:15 PM (ET)
CBS
DALLAS AT PHILADELPHIA*
4:15 PM (ET)
FOX
ARIZONA AT SAN FRANCISCO
4:15 PM (ET)
FOX
N.Y. GIANTS AT WASHINGTON*
4:15 PM (ET)
FOX
ST. LOUIS AT SEATTLE*
8:20 PM (PT)
NBC

The NFL utilizes “flexible scheduling” on Sundays in Weeks 11-17.  To ensure a Sunday night game and doubleheader games with playoff implications in Week 17, the flexible scheduling decision for that Sunday may be made on six days notice.

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